Cinema Italian Style: My Place Is Here
November 9, 2024
Set in the aftermath of WWII in a rural village in the South of Italy, a single mother befriends the local gay “wedding planner,” is introduced to the hidden community of gays, and starts understanding her rights as a woman.
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Saturday, November 9, 2024
In the impoverished confines of her parents' home, 17-year-old Marta awaits the return of her fiancé Michele from war. As a single mother, she faces the scorn of her community when the war is over and Michele doesn't return, she finds herself promised to an older farmer. During the village's preparatory course for wives, she forges an unlikely friendship with Lorenzo, the village's openly gay "wedding planner." In the conservative backdrop of rural Southern Italy, Lorenzo introduces her to a hidden community of gays, sparking Marta's courageous journey to challenge societal prejudices. In the first year of women's suffrage in Italy, Marta navigates her evolving role as a woman, breaking barriers and finding her place in a changing world.
- Original Language Title: Il mio posto è qui
- Director: Daniela Porto, Cristiano Bortone
- Principal Cast: Ludovica Martino, Marco Leonardi, Annamaria De Luca, Bianca Maria D'Amato, Giorgia Arena
- Country: Italy, Germany
- Year: 2024
- Running Time: 110 min.
- Producer: Cristiano Bortone
- Screenplay: Daniela Porto, Cristiano Bortone
- Cinematographers: Emilio M. Costa
- Editors: Claudio Di Mauro
- Music: Santi Pulvirenti
- Filmography: Porto: Debut Feature Film; Bortone: Caffe (2016), 10 Rules for Falling in Love (2012), L’odore della terra (2011)
- Language: Italian
- International Sales: Beta Cinema